Pipetting is a fundamental and ubiquitous task in most laboratories, but its highly repetitive nature can create precision and accuracy issues and raise the potential for stress injuries to technicians. These problems are amplified in synchronous pipetting of samples between different vessel formats, such as between tubes and plates. Typically done using single channel pipettes, this technique is particularly time-consuming and error prone.
To meet customer need for efficient, safe, and precise liquid handling, Eppendorf, the leader in liquid handling, has introduced Move It® Adjustable Spacing Pipettes. Engineered for easy and fast tip spacing adjustment (4.5–33 mm), Move It significantly accelerates and simplifies workflows when frequent format changes are required. Relatively small air cushions boost precision and accuracy, autoclavability helps keep technicians and samples safe, and tubeless design improves uptime. And Move It’s efficiency benefits only increase with volume—when working with 384-well formats, the system can cut hands-on liquid-handling time by 70%.
Balance is also optimized for a relaxed hand to reduce repetitive stress injuries. The pipette tips can be easily adjusted to source and destination formats via an effortless format limiter. The knob enables fast switching back and forth within set formats, vibration-free adjustment without dripping, and relaxed body posture during format change. This allows researchers to have a natural, relaxed hand position, even when adjusting the pipette—ensuring reliability while reducing fatigue.
“When developing the adjustable tip spacing multi-channel pipettes Move It, our goal was to provide a good balance in the hand. As the lower part of the pipette gained weight, we faced a challenge. An external study revealed that a good balance is more important for the user than the total weight of the pipette. Encouraged by this, we replaced the volume adjustment knob and the dispensing button by massive metal parts. The result is a well-balanced pipette supporting ergonomic working conditions,” says Peter Schmidt, Business Manager Manual Liquid Handling at Eppendorf. The pipette head can also be rotated 360 degrees for easy readability.
The Move It pipette variants are ideal for any applications that involve multiple vessel formats like ELISA, cell culture, cell-based assays, PCR, genotyping, blood analysis, FACS analysis, media transfer, and screening. They are available in both Eppendorf Research plus mechanical pipettes & Eppendorf Xplorer plus electronic pipette models, and in 4-, 6-, 8- and 12-channel configurations.